8th Ch. 16 Sections 1 & 2

What "greater moral purpose" did President Lincoln define for the North?

• defeating the Confederacy

• ending slavery

• increasing enlistment in the Union Army

• reducing combat casualties

How did slavery give the Confederacy a military advantage?

• Slave labor kept the South's economy going so that more white men could fight.

• The Confederate Army had a large number of enslaved soldiers.

• Enslaved people served as spies for the Confederate Army

• Slavery gave the South a moral purpose for which to fight.

What did enslaved people freed by the Emancipation Proclamation still have to do to gain their freedom?

• join the Union Army

• continue working in the South

• escape to a Union -controlled territory

• work for a slaveholder in a Union state

How much time passed between the emancipation Proclamation and the formation of the 54th Massachusetts infantry regiment?

• less than two months

• about 6-and-a-half months

• about a year

• two years

Which event happened first?

• enlistment of Charles and Lewis Douglass

• organization of the 54th Massachusetts

• death of Colonel Robert Gould Shaw

• storming of Fort Wagner

Why was Fort Wagner strategically important?

• It was staffed by 1,700 Confederate troopers.

• It was attacked by the 54th Massachusetts.

• It was the largest fort in the South.

• It guarded the Port of Charleston.

What African Americans remained enslaved even after the Emancipation Proclamation?

• Those that had committed a crime.

• Those that were born on the plantations.

• Slaves who owed money to their masters.

• Those in the slave-holding border states.

What factors might have kept an African American from hearing about the Emancipation Proclamation? (more than one correct answer)

• Most enslaved people could not read or write.

• Their masters controlled everything they did.

• Confederate military leaders kept the news of the proclamation from spreading

• Most enslaved people could not speak English.

What is a stalemate?

• a situation in which both sides in a conflict are able to win.

• a situation in which neither side in a conflict is able to win

• a situation in which food has gone stale

• A situation in which your friend does not smell very good.

Who was Frederick Douglass?

• a Northern Democratic candidate for president in 1864

• a former slave who became a leading abolitionist in the mid-1800's

• a Union general who replaced McClellan

• President Lincoln's secretary of war